All justification synonyms
jus·ti·fi·ca·tion
J j noun justification
- defense — the act or power of defending, or guarding against attack, harm, or danger
- defence — Defence is action that is taken to protect someone or something against attack.
- explanation — A statement or account that makes something clear.
- reason — a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.: the reason for declaring war.
- reasoning — a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.: the reason for declaring war.
- validation — to make valid; substantiate; confirm: Time validated our suspicions.
- rationalization — to ascribe (one's acts, opinions, etc.) to causes that superficially seem reasonable and valid but that actually are unrelated to the true, possibly unconscious and often less creditable or agreeable causes.
- excuse — Attempt to lessen the blame attaching to (a fault or offense); seek to defend or justify.
- account — If you have an account with a bank or a similar organization, you have an arrangement to leave your money there and take some out when you need it.
- confirmation — the act of confirming
- support — to bear or hold up (a load, mass, structure, part, etc.); serve as a foundation for.
- apology — An apology is something that you say or write in order to tell someone that you are sorry that you have hurt them or caused trouble for them.
- approval — If you win someone's approval for something that you ask for or suggest, they agree to it.
- argument — An argument is a statement or set of statements that you use in order to try to convince people that your opinion about something is correct.
- basis — If something is done on a particular basis, it is done according to that method, system, or principle.
- pretext — something that is put forward to conceal a true purpose or object; an ostensible reason; excuse: The leaders used the insults as a pretext to declare war.
- rationale — the fundamental reason or reasons serving to account for something.
- vindication — the act of vindicating.
- absolution — If someone is given absolution, they are forgiven for something wrong that they have done.
- acquittal — Acquittal is a formal declaration in a court of law that someone who has been accused of a crime is innocent.
- advocacy — Someone's advocacy of a particular action or plan is their act of recommending it publicly.
- answer — When you answer someone who has asked you something, you say something back to them.
- apologia — An apologia is a statement in which you defend something that you strongly believe in, for example a way of life, a person's behaviour, or a philosophy.
- exculpation — The act of exculpating from alleged fault or crime; that which exculpates; excuse.
- exoneration — The action of officially absolving someone from blame; vindication.
- extenuation — The act of extenuating or the state of being extenuated; the act of making thin, slender, or lean, or of palliating; diminishing, or lessening; palliation, as of a crime; mitigation, as of punishment.
- grounds — the solid surface of the earth; firm or dry land: to fall to the ground.
- idea — any conception existing in the mind as a result of mental understanding, awareness, or activity.
- mitigation — the act of mitigating, or lessening the force or intensity of something unpleasant, as wrath, pain, grief, or extreme circumstances: Social support is the most important factor in the mitigation of stress among adolescents.
- palliation — to relieve or lessen without curing; mitigate; alleviate.
- palliative — serving to palliate.
- plea — an appeal or entreaty: a plea for mercy.
- rebuttal — an act of rebutting, as in a debate.
- redemption — an act of redeeming or atoning for a fault or mistake, or the state of being redeemed.
- reply — followup
- response — an answer or reply, as in words or in some action.
- salvation — the act of saving or protecting from harm, risk, loss, destruction, etc.
- sanctification — to make holy; set apart as sacred; consecrate.
- storey — story2 .
- story — a narrative, either true or fictitious, in prose or verse, designed to interest, amuse, or instruct the hearer or reader; tale.
- warrant — authorization, sanction, or justification.
- wherefore — Archaic. for what? why?
- raison d'etre — reason or justification for being or existence: Art is the artist's raison d'être.
- song and dance — a story or statement, especially an untrue or misleading one designed to evade the matter at hand: Every time he's late, he gives me a song and dance about oversleeping.
adjective justification
- unsupported — to bear or hold up (a load, mass, structure, part, etc.); serve as a foundation for.
- groundless — without rational basis: groundless fears.
- causeless — a person or thing that acts, happens, or exists in such a way that some specific thing happens as a result; the producer of an effect: You have been the cause of much anxiety. What was the cause of the accident?
- foundationless — Without foundation; unfounded.
- uncalled for — not called for; not required; superfluous; unwanted.
- unprovoked — to anger, enrage, exasperate, or vex.